January 31, 2008 Issue
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Local NewsNorwood-Fontbonne students excited by new quarters
The seventh and eighth graders at Norwood-Fontbonne Academy returned from their three-day weekend (in honor of Martin Luther King) to brand new classrooms, new desks and whiteboards so high that some of the teachers cannot even reach the top. NFA opened its James Anthony Hall addition to students on Jan. 22. The addition, situated on the Norwood campus, includes new classrooms, a high-tech science lab and even an outdoor classroom with a chalkboard (for warmer weather). Granted, on Tuesday, when the Local visited, many of the classrooms still had piles of boxed books in the corners and the walls were pretty barren. But that won’t last long. Already Anna Marie Croney’s science classroom, decorated with a whaling theme and Peanuts’ characters, and the students’ full lockers showed that teachers and students were making the new addition their own. “It’s a dream come true,” said assistant principal George Aspen, who has taught at NFA since 1970. “The best part is the excitement among the students and the fact that our facilities continue to improve for the sake of quality of learning.”
Democratic majority riles Republicans in Whitemarsh Whitemarsh Township’s Board of Supervisors started off the new year contentiously — with charges of “secret” meetings, partisan division, suspected pay-to-play and resident frustration — but at the regular board meeting on Jan. 24, emotions appeared to have calmed, with the exception of one comment from a board member and a resident’s public statement that revisited frustration felt earlier this month.
Morjorie Newlin, well-known Mt. Airy senior bodybuilder, dies
Morjorie Newlin, 87, a nationally celebrated senior bodybuilder, died Dec. 27 at Chestnut Hill Hospital from complications of acute leukemia. Mrs. Newlin received national recognition for her success in the field of bodybuilding in her 70s and 80s, winning more than 40 trophies over a span of 15 years. She began weight training in 1991 at Rivers Gym in Germantown at the age of 72. “I had been working out at the YMCA in Germantown,” Mrs. Newlin said in a 2006 interview. “I was doing whatever exercise I could do with the equipment they had there.
Board debates rate hikes Board members of the Chestnut Hill Community Association continued on Jan. 24 to struggle with how to set the price for association membership and subscription to the Chestnut Hill Local, which the association owns.
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